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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1903
Page
6
In Casa town a holiday custom led to Miss Earline Sinclair being overpowered by larger girls. They forced her into icy water, causing exposure and acute pneumonia. She was rescued by nearby farmers and remains in critical condition, with officials warning against the dangerous tradition.
I have been bothered with dyspepsia for 21 years and finally found relief with Herbine. K H Foster of Salt Lake City recommends it to friends, saying it is curing many who suffer indigestion. Available at H L Tucker's Drug Store for 50 cents.
Harvard professor Frederick Manley argues the public can improve language through slang. He recalls a boy's vivid phrases at a lecture and praises slang as serious and significant, claiming life experiences outrank art or academy in expression.
A fragment notes accidents occurring in a household setting causing burns and related injuries, highlighting common dangers and the need for caution with domestic remedies and safety practices.
Broadway stamp collector recounts a London circular about a newly found tupenny Mauritius stamp. Offers of five thousand dollars were refused, an American in England bid higher, but the owner firm keeps the stamp in a safe. Few may view it. the Glasgow man’s late collector heirs may see it. The stamp bears a post office error, making it priceless among rare issues. The discovery could travel to America if a buyer is found.
Advertising line promising a one day cure for a cold with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets under a pay if no cure policy. Price listed as 25 cents.
Norristown Pa December 12 John Cunningham a 75 year old vagrant appeared before Magistrate Lenhardt so bulky the hearing room required disrobing Fifteen coats plus a horse blanket overcoat and five pairs of stockings were removed revealing a curious wardrobe The tale ends with a Memphis judge and a jest about Missouri mule visitors
Detectives and agents rescued young millionaire Edward Wentz in the Black Mountains near the Virginia Kentucky West Virginia trio junction. He was held by brigands and later moved through West Virginia to Cincinnati for treatment before returning toward home in Philadelphia. The family plans to release full facts when he recovers.
Kansas City December 11. Congressman Vandiver of Missouri says Folk supporters from across the state are arranging a rally in St Louis for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination fight. A conference of Folk clubs will meet January 2 in St Louis, followed by a Music Hall gathering the same night, with holiday rates cited.
The Missouri state board of agriculture reports final crop values higher than forecast. Corn acreage is 6,882,000 with an average yield of 29.75 bushels per acre, totaling about 204,725,000 bushels and a farm value near 34.6 cents per bushel. Hay and forage add to the totals, with clover and timothy yields and seed averages noted.
Acreage sown to wheat this fall is below last year’s average due to poor crop quality fears of Heesian fly and bad weather in October and November. In the southwest, sowing rose 5 percent. Total acreage sown this year amounts to 2,045,300 acres.
Benjamin Pearce of Iowa Falls celebrates a remarkable lineage with ten children, fifty-two grandchildren, forty-eight great grandchildren, and one great great grandchild. Born in Monmouth County New Jersey in 1810, he moved to Illinois in 1866 and to Iowa Falls in 1869.
A 19th century advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy that cures catarrh by acting on the blood and mucous surfaces. It offers a $100 reward for any case it cannot cure and invites readers to request testimonials from F. J. Gurney & Co. of Toledo Ohio.
Manila December 12 The anti slavery amendment, ratified by legislative councils two months ago, was proclaimed by Leonard Wood in Moro. The sultan and the dattos promised to abide by the laws under General Wood’s proclamation.
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